A university campus that contributes to enhancement of sustainability through education, research, and collaboration by integrating sustainability to institutional strategies and actions that differs from one context to another.
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Unveiling the Experience of IZTECH: Critical Overview of GreenMetric Measures
İpek Akpınar (Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey), Işın Can-Traunmüller (Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey), Zeynep Özçam (Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey), and Sıla Özkavaf Şenalp (Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6725-8.ch007
Abstract
Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), a university campus located in a rural area, establishes a different social and spatial relationship with the city and its immediate surroundings. This chapter focuses on assessing the socio-spatial sustainability of the campus before and during the pandemic, together with the evaluation of UI GreenMetric World University Rankings (GreenMetric). The study has the basis of the content analysis of IZTECH GreenMetric evaluations and a critical review of sustainability issues through questionnaire technique applied to campus users, including administrative, academic staff, and students at IZTECH. The multidimensional survey has been designed to grasp the perspectives of the campus users on the sustainability performance of the campus, and to gather some intangible data on the COVID-19 period and its impacts on the use of campus spaces. In conclusion, this chapter is going to suggest a road map to guide sustainability measures of campuses for more adaptable and resilient solutions under unexpected circumstances.